Women In Technology - Friday Links - 27/05/2022
Spring has sprung and there are multiple opportunities to get out, run, bike, swim, hike, dance etc etc. Most of the CERN Clubs have resumed normal service: https://staff-association.web.cern.ch/unite/clubs
There’s still time to register for the 50th CERN Relay Race: https://home.cern/news/announcement/cern/cern-relay-race-back
And why not take part in the World Bicycle Day (June 3) where WIT social media will feature a few women who bike to work on our Instagram profile!
If you'd like to participate, please do the following:
- Fill out this Google form with your name and a few words telling us why you like to bike to work: https://forms.gle/bUiimcxHXCkcWN4C6
- Upload a picture related to you biking to work! Be creative (but safe!) https://cernbox.cern.ch/index.php/s/G4fOO48FxwF0hDf
IMPORTANT: Please make sure the filename of the photo includes your name (e.g. YourNameHere.png ) so that we can match the photo to the person!
You don't need to be participating in the Bike to Work competition, of course; any velo-commuting women affiliated with CERN are welcome! Pictures will be posted on June 3.
Speaking of bicycles,.. read more regarding the social impact of the bicycle in 19th century Britain: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2015/jun/09/feminism-escape-widneing-gene-pools-secret-history-of-19th-century-cyclists
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Register for the Swiss Physical Society satellite event ‘Women in Physics Career Symposium’ , the goal of which is to boost women in the early career stage, Friday 1 July: https://www.sps.ch/en/events/sps-annual-meeting-2022/satellite-event-women-in-physics-career-symposium
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Focus on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, arrested in Iran in 2016, and the ramifications of an unpaid arms deal debt. Released in March 2022.
Nazanin was arrested in 2016 after visiting her parents in Iran with her 21-month-old daughter Gabriella, on her way back to Britain. For the next six years, the charity project manager was detained by the Iranian regime.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m0014fzy
Released in March 2022, Zaghari-Ratcliff stated at a media briefing after her release that it had taken too long for the Government to repay the debt. A barrage of toxic social media abuse directed at Zaghari-Ratcliff ensued: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/reaction-as-ungrateful-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-trends-on-twitter-317021/
This week, Zaghari-Ratcliff gave an exclusive interview on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to tell her story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c8jglh
Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, meet the women fighting for democracy from prison: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/nicaraguan-women-democracy-prison/
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Finally, in France, ‘“I dedicate this nomination to all the little girls in France, to tell them, ‘Follow your dreams’,” Borne, France’s first female prime minister in 30 years said while taking office. “Nothing should stop the fight for women’s place in our society.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/elisabeth-borne-becomes-frances-first-female-prime-minister-in-30-years
Best wishes,
Rachel.
on behalf of WIT Communications